Section 16 | Computation of losses.

(1)Subject to sections 261B, 261D and 263ZA and except as otherwise expressly provided, the amount of a loss accruing on a disposal of an asset shall be computed in the same way as the amount of a gain accruing on a disposal is computed.^F1

(2)Except as otherwise expressly provided, all the provisions of this Act which distinguish gains which are chargeable gains from those which are not, or which make part of a gain a chargeable gain, and part not, shall apply also to distinguish losses which are allowable losses from those which are not, and to make part of a loss an allowable loss, and part not; and references in this Act to an allowable loss shall be construed accordingly.

(2A)A loss accruing to a person in a year of assessment shall not be an allowable loss for the purposes of this Act unless, in relation to that year, he gives a notice to an officer of the Board quantifying the amount of that loss; and sections 42 and 43 of the Management Act shall apply in relation to such a notice as if it were a claim for relief.^F2

(3)Repealed^F3

(3A)If the person is an individual and the year is a split year as respects that individual, subsection (3) also applies to a loss accruing to the individual in the overseas part of that year.^F4

(4)Repealed^F5

(4)A qualifying foreign loss accruing to an individual in a tax year is not an allowable loss if a foreign gain claim, a foreign income claim or a foreign employment election has effect in relation to the individual for that tax year.^F6

(5)In subsection (4), “qualifying foreign loss” has the same meaning as in Schedule D1 (see paragraph 6 of that Schedule).^F6